Around The Horn

Indians: Acquired right-hander Winton Abreu from the Rays for minor-league right-hander John Meloan. Abreu, 32, was brought up by Tampa Bay on June 14 and had a 2.45 ERA in two appearances.

Twins: Called up left-handed reliever Brian Duensing and sent left-hander Sean Henn to Triple-A Rochester. Henn had a 7.15 ERA for the Twins in 14 appearances.

Rangers: The Texas Rangers borrowed millions of dollars from Major League Baseball within the last week, according to a Yahoo! report. Baseball will continue to offer financial assistance to owner Tom Hicks until he is able to sell the team, the Web site reported.

National League

Cubs: Acquired infielder Jeff Baker from the Rockies for minor league right-hander Al Alburquerque and designated infielder Ryan Freel for assignment. Baker was activated off the Rockies' 60-day disabled list. The utility man batted .268 with 12 home runs and 48 RBIs in 104 games for the Rockies last season.

Padres: Scott Hairston, Tony Gwynn Jr. and Will Venable started together in the outfield Wednesday night for the second time this season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, those are the only two games since the beginning of divisional play in 1969 in which a team's starting outfield was made up of players whose fathers all played in the majors. The other game was June 24 in Seattle.

International

Jaime Torres, the agent for several Cuban major-leaguers, told Yahoo! Sports that Aroldis Chapman had defected and was on his way to Miami after leaving the Cuban national team at a tournament in the Netherlands. Chapman, 21, a left-hander who throws 100 m.p.h., is one of the world's top pitching prospects.